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New Report on Visible Light Communication/Li-Fi Technology & Free Space Optics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Visible Light Communication (VLC)/Li-Fi Technology & Free Space Optics (FSO) Market (2013-2018) - By Component (LED, Image Sensor, Opto-couplers), Application (Indoor Networking, Underwater Communication, Location Based Service, ITS) & Geography" report to their offering.

11 Oct 2013

AT&T Provides Fiber-Based Broadband to More Than 25,000 Business Customer Locations in Florida

AT&T is "lighting up" businesses at an impressive pace these days. So far, service crews have installed fiber to an additional 750 multi-tenant buildings across Florida, making fiber-based broadband services available to more than 25,000 business customer locations.

11 Oct 2013

CenturyLink to Expand 1 Gbps Fiber Network Pilot to Las Vegas

CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced that it will expand its fiber network pilot to Las Vegas, enabling Internet speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps). CenturyLink's enhanced fiber network will deliver this ultra-fast broadband technology to residential and small business customers in select Las Vegas neighborhoods beginning this fall.

10 Oct 2013

Researchers Successfully Demonstrate Multicore Fibre-Based Network for Future Internet Infrastructure

With optical fibre networks gradually approaching their theoretical capacity limits, new types of fibres such as multicore fibres have been at the focus of worldwide research to overcome critical capacity barriers, which threaten the evolution of the Internet.

10 Oct 2013

DukeNet Fiber Optic Network Company to be Acquired by Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Duke Energy Corporation and investment funds managed by Alinda Capital Partners to buy DukeNet Communications, LLC for $600 million in cash, including the repayment of debt.

8 Oct 2013

Global Strategic Business Report on Submarine Optical Fiber Cables

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Submarine Optical Fiber Cables - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering.

5 Oct 2013

EXFO Debuts Optical Spectrum and Channel Analyzers

EXFO Inc. today announced two new products, the FTB-5230S Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA), an entry-level OSA suitable for a variety of field applications, and the FTB-5230S-OCA Optical Channel Analyzer (OCA), optimized for power and wavelength measurements.

From EXFO Inc. 26 Sep 2013

New Compact, Automated, Large-Diameter Optical Fiber Cleavers from Vytran

Vytran, a leading supplier of innovative optical fiber splicing and processing solutions, introduces the "CAC-400" and the "CAC-400-A" -- compact, automated, large-diameter optical fiber cleavers. CAC-400 systems combine Vytran's industry-leading cleaving technology with a host of new features to allow automated high-volume production of fiber lasers, fiber-based medical and sensing devices, and other fiber components and assemblies.

25 Sep 2013

Telesur Purchases NTest’s FiberWatch RFTS for Continuous Automated Fiber Testing

NTest Inc. announced today that Telesur, the leading telecommunciations service provider in Suriname, has purchased FiberWatch™, NTest's Remote Fiber Test System (RFTS), to monitor the quality of service of its fiber network infrastructure.

25 Sep 2013

ECOC 2013: GigOptix to Highlight Drivers, TIAs, and E-Band Products

GigOptix, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor and optical communications components, will showcase leading drivers, transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) and E-Band products at the 39th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC), in London on September 23, 2013. The ECOC conference is one of the largest optical communication events in Europe.

23 Sep 2013